2010年12月8日星期三
二十年後のわたし
にじゅうねんご、わたしはぶつりのせんせいです。アメリカにすんでいます。うちはボストンです。かぞくはちゅうごくですから、ときどきちゅうごくへかえります。わたしはアメリカのだいがくとにほんのだいがくのせんせいですから。いっしゅうかんにいっかいにほんへいきます。しゅうまつにともだちにあいます、サーかーをします。へいじつに、まいにち、ごぜんくじからじゅうにじまでがくせいにぶつりをおしえます。それから、ひるごはんをたべます。ごごいちじからごじまでがんきゅうしつでぶつりのじっけんをします。ごごろくじにうちえかえります。しちじからはちじまでアメリカのかぞくとよるごはんをたべます、そしてみんなとテリビをみます。ごごくじから、いろいろなほんをよみます、そしてあしたのクラスをじゅんびします。ごぜんにじくらいねます。このせいかつはいそがしいですが、どてもたのしです。
2010年12月3日星期五
皆さん、一緒に散歩しましょう！
となりのトトロ (My neighbor Totoro) is one of my favorite childhood movies. Although it has been almost 16 years since the first time I watched this movie, I can still recall the happy moments when I was singing the songs in this movie with my little friends together.
Between the two songs in this movie, the opening song and the ending song, I like the opening song better, because I love the last line of it, which says "友達たくさん〜嬉しいな", and which means "I have so many friends, I'm so happy". By the way, the name of this song is 散歩, since we just learned Sanpo in our class and it's also the name of this song; that's why I feel like writing something about it.
Here is the video of the song with the English subtitled lyrics:
Here is the Japanese lyrics:
歩(ある)こう 歩(ある)こう 私(わたし)は元気(げんき)
歩(ある)くの 大好(だいす)き どんどん行(い)こう
坂道(さかみち) トンネル 草(くさ)っぱら
一本橋(いっぽんばし)に でこぼこ砂利道(じゃりみち)
くもの巣(ず)くぐって 下(くだ)り道(みち)
歩(ある)こう 歩(ある)こう 私(わたし)は元気(げんき)
歩(ある)くの 大好(だいす)き どんどん行(い)こう
みつばち ぶんぶん 花畑(はなばたけ)
日(ひ)なたにとかげ 蛇(へび)は昼寝(ひるね)
ばったが飛(と)んで 曲(ま)がり道(みち)
歩(ある)こう 歩(ある)こう 私(わたし)は元気(げんき)
歩(ある)くの 大好(だいす)き どんどん行(い)こう
狐(きつね)も 狸(たぬき)も 出(て)ておいで
探検(たんけん)しよう 林(はやし)の奥(おく)まで
友達(ともだち)たくさん 嬉(うれ)しいな
友達(ともだち)たくさん 嬉(うれ)しいな
Since the sentences in this song is not that complicated, I think we definitely can sing it without troubles, and it's a great song!
Here is the link for the complete video of the concert of Jeo Hisashi at 武道館(ぶどうかん):
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTYwNzA0MzEy.html
(if you can understand Chinese, the video is made for you!)
This video is very worthy to watch from the beginning to the end if you have time. I almost cried while watching it, because it evoked so many wonderful childhood memories of mine, and the music is also fantastic and touching. (btw, sanpo appears from 92:05 to 97:10, and in the end, Hayao Miyazaki will also sing it!)
Here is a excerpt of the sanpo part from the whole concert (from 1:20 to the end, hiragana subtitled), but without Mr. Miyazaki's singing part:
The last but not the least, here is the video of the ending song of My neighbor Totoro:
It's also a great song and many people's favorite. There's also a wonderful line: 子供のときにだけ〜あなたに訪れる〜不思議な出会い , which means “it (Tororo) visits you only when you are a kid, a magical meeting.” What a magical line! I hope you all can enjoy it!
Between the two songs in this movie, the opening song and the ending song, I like the opening song better, because I love the last line of it, which says "友達たくさん〜嬉しいな", and which means "I have so many friends, I'm so happy". By the way, the name of this song is 散歩, since we just learned Sanpo in our class and it's also the name of this song; that's why I feel like writing something about it.
Here is the video of the song with the English subtitled lyrics:
Here is the Japanese lyrics:
歩(ある)こう 歩(ある)こう 私(わたし)は元気(げんき)
歩(ある)くの 大好(だいす)き どんどん行(い)こう
坂道(さかみち) トンネル 草(くさ)っぱら
一本橋(いっぽんばし)に でこぼこ砂利道(じゃりみち)
くもの巣(ず)くぐって 下(くだ)り道(みち)
歩(ある)こう 歩(ある)こう 私(わたし)は元気(げんき)
歩(ある)くの 大好(だいす)き どんどん行(い)こう
みつばち ぶんぶん 花畑(はなばたけ)
日(ひ)なたにとかげ 蛇(へび)は昼寝(ひるね)
ばったが飛(と)んで 曲(ま)がり道(みち)
歩(ある)こう 歩(ある)こう 私(わたし)は元気(げんき)
歩(ある)くの 大好(だいす)き どんどん行(い)こう
狐(きつね)も 狸(たぬき)も 出(て)ておいで
探検(たんけん)しよう 林(はやし)の奥(おく)まで
友達(ともだち)たくさん 嬉(うれ)しいな
友達(ともだち)たくさん 嬉(うれ)しいな
Since the sentences in this song is not that complicated, I think we definitely can sing it without troubles, and it's a great song!
Here is the link for the complete video of the concert of Jeo Hisashi at 武道館(ぶどうかん):
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTYwNzA0MzEy.html
(if you can understand Chinese, the video is made for you!)
Here is a excerpt of the sanpo part from the whole concert (from 1:20 to the end, hiragana subtitled), but without Mr. Miyazaki's singing part:
The last but not the least, here is the video of the ending song of My neighbor Totoro:
It's also a great song and many people's favorite. There's also a wonderful line: 子供のときにだけ〜あなたに訪れる〜不思議な出会い , which means “it (Tororo) visits you only when you are a kid, a magical meeting.” What a magical line! I hope you all can enjoy it!
2010年12月2日星期四
~Katakana Analysis Final~
1.Choose at least 2 katakana words/expressions that you found and think about what kinds of effects / purposes there may be in these words/expressions writing in katakana instead of hiragana or kanji.
A: The frist word I found is インターネット, which is the loanword for internet in Japanese. Unlike some other technical or scientific terms which can be written in Kanji in Japanese, インターネット only has the katakana form. I think the reason for that is to clarify the foreign origin of this term and to formalize its reading in Japanese.
The next word I found is ピンポン, which is the onomatopoeia for the sound of doorbell in Japanese. I think the reason for writing it in Katakana is to differentiate it from hiragana and thus avoiding confusion when they are used together in the same sentence.
And the reason for both of the words not applying Kanji form I think is because the Kanji form of those words doesn't convey meanings as conspicuous or understandable as other terms may do when be transcribed, so adding those void kanji for those terms would be of no difference with setting hindrance for communication.
Additional Question: why sometime Katakana can be easier to understand or more applicable than Kanji?
A: For example, in Chinese, we have Kanji for all kinds of onomatopoeia; however, sometime we cannot remember how to write the Kanji or we cannot recognize them in some contexts...So in those cases, in Chinese, we have to look up or try to remember those uncommon Kanji in order to communicate in writing forms. But if we can have Katakana represent those words, we would no longer have such kind of problems. Likewise, the Kanji for the names of some Chinese emperors are extremely uncommon, or we can say unique, that means few people know how to write them or its readings unless they learn them many times. Although those Kanji are that useless, in Chinese, we have to remember them in order to communicate in writings or conversations, and for lots of time, those Kanji made troubles. Hence if we can use Katakana instead of Kanji in this case, there will not be any problems. Also, for the names of some places, some food, some technological terms, some historical events or some Chinese sayings, there is always only one correct combination of Kanji, in other words, if we write even one wrong Kanji in the combination, the term will not be the one we want to talk about, and that really makes our writing communications harder, because you need to pay attention to lots of details. But if you can use Katakana for those names, you will never have those problems.
2. Also, think why there are such effects/purposes.
A: First, As we all know that lots of kanji in Japanese have different readings, therefore if kanji is used instead of katakana in those cases, people should know their readings first; otherwise, if people are not sure about their readings or misrepresent them with other readings, confusion will be created and limitation of using those terms can be caused. Also, the kanji for those two words in Chinese are meaningless, or in other words they are merely onomatopoeia; hence, introducing those additional kanji to Japanese people is equivalent to set unnecessary burden on communication and study to them.
Second, as we know hiragana alone is usually used as parts of speech that other than nouns or adjectives. That is because putting together clusters of hiragana can be so confusing and so hard to read. So people used katakana or kanji to distinguish some words from hiragana. And when, by using kanji, the meanings of some words are not easy to grasp, or their readings are not obvious to tell to people, katakana will be used instead of kanji to ease communication and understanding and avoid redundancy of applying meaningless kanji.
Third, as a tool to express loanword, katakana can appear exotic when they are used especially instead of kanji; that's why lots of Japanese company write their names in katakana. Moreover, if you go to Japan, you may find lots of food names and product names are written in katakana instead of kanji or hiragana, that's because katakana can make them appear more exotic and attractive to customers and thus stimulating their consumption on these food or products.
Forth, also as a tool to express loanword particularly foreign concepts, katakana has more academic impression on people. Hence, using katakana sometimes can make a person appear more knowledgeable and educated, and make a term appear more academic. And that's another reason for katakana's popularity and wide using in modern Japan.
Additional Question: In many cases, why Katakana can be attractive and have academic impression on people?
A: Because as a tool to represent loanword, for most of time, at first glance, Katakana words will always be thought as foreign word. So in this aspect, comparing with using Kanji or hiragana for some words, the using of Katakana will draw more people's attention because people are always curious about what they saw when its meaning is not so obvious to see. In this way, if an original Japanese word can be written in Katakana, at first glance, people may think it was a foreign word, in that way, the using of katakana can make the word appear exotic, and after they realize what the word means, some of them may probably think of the difference between the real thing represented by the Katakana word and the same thing represented by traditional ways.
In similar situation, as lots of new technological terms have been introduced to people by using Katakana, so when someone often use katakana to describe things, it seems that that person know foreign languages. And as we know, lots of loanword are not of Japanese origin, so the meaning of those words are unknown to people unless they learned. So in those senses, we people use such kinds of Katakana words, it will make them appear more knowledgeable and educated, thus creating an academic impression on others.
3. Think about why each textbook is different in explaining katakana, and why the textbooks explained katakana in the manners that they did.
A: I think the using of katakana has been quite diverse and complicated. It seems to follow certain rules, however in many cases it also can be an individual thing. Therefore on text books, we can see though the general directions of explaining the usage of katakana are universal, there are always variations among them. Because the using of katakana is really flexible and it is getting more and more popular in modern Japan. As a result, the enhancement of variations of using katakana is inevitable and its application will be far less possible to be enclosed within certain rules.
This article was written based on personal opinions, if there is any incorrect information, please point it out, thank you!
A: The frist word I found is インターネット, which is the loanword for internet in Japanese. Unlike some other technical or scientific terms which can be written in Kanji in Japanese, インターネット only has the katakana form. I think the reason for that is to clarify the foreign origin of this term and to formalize its reading in Japanese.
The next word I found is ピンポン, which is the onomatopoeia for the sound of doorbell in Japanese. I think the reason for writing it in Katakana is to differentiate it from hiragana and thus avoiding confusion when they are used together in the same sentence.
And the reason for both of the words not applying Kanji form I think is because the Kanji form of those words doesn't convey meanings as conspicuous or understandable as other terms may do when be transcribed, so adding those void kanji for those terms would be of no difference with setting hindrance for communication.
Additional Question: why sometime Katakana can be easier to understand or more applicable than Kanji?
A: For example, in Chinese, we have Kanji for all kinds of onomatopoeia; however, sometime we cannot remember how to write the Kanji or we cannot recognize them in some contexts...So in those cases, in Chinese, we have to look up or try to remember those uncommon Kanji in order to communicate in writing forms. But if we can have Katakana represent those words, we would no longer have such kind of problems. Likewise, the Kanji for the names of some Chinese emperors are extremely uncommon, or we can say unique, that means few people know how to write them or its readings unless they learn them many times. Although those Kanji are that useless, in Chinese, we have to remember them in order to communicate in writings or conversations, and for lots of time, those Kanji made troubles. Hence if we can use Katakana instead of Kanji in this case, there will not be any problems. Also, for the names of some places, some food, some technological terms, some historical events or some Chinese sayings, there is always only one correct combination of Kanji, in other words, if we write even one wrong Kanji in the combination, the term will not be the one we want to talk about, and that really makes our writing communications harder, because you need to pay attention to lots of details. But if you can use Katakana for those names, you will never have those problems.
2. Also, think why there are such effects/purposes.
A: First, As we all know that lots of kanji in Japanese have different readings, therefore if kanji is used instead of katakana in those cases, people should know their readings first; otherwise, if people are not sure about their readings or misrepresent them with other readings, confusion will be created and limitation of using those terms can be caused. Also, the kanji for those two words in Chinese are meaningless, or in other words they are merely onomatopoeia; hence, introducing those additional kanji to Japanese people is equivalent to set unnecessary burden on communication and study to them.
Second, as we know hiragana alone is usually used as parts of speech that other than nouns or adjectives. That is because putting together clusters of hiragana can be so confusing and so hard to read. So people used katakana or kanji to distinguish some words from hiragana. And when, by using kanji, the meanings of some words are not easy to grasp, or their readings are not obvious to tell to people, katakana will be used instead of kanji to ease communication and understanding and avoid redundancy of applying meaningless kanji.
Third, as a tool to express loanword, katakana can appear exotic when they are used especially instead of kanji; that's why lots of Japanese company write their names in katakana. Moreover, if you go to Japan, you may find lots of food names and product names are written in katakana instead of kanji or hiragana, that's because katakana can make them appear more exotic and attractive to customers and thus stimulating their consumption on these food or products.
Forth, also as a tool to express loanword particularly foreign concepts, katakana has more academic impression on people. Hence, using katakana sometimes can make a person appear more knowledgeable and educated, and make a term appear more academic. And that's another reason for katakana's popularity and wide using in modern Japan.
Additional Question: In many cases, why Katakana can be attractive and have academic impression on people?
A: Because as a tool to represent loanword, for most of time, at first glance, Katakana words will always be thought as foreign word. So in this aspect, comparing with using Kanji or hiragana for some words, the using of Katakana will draw more people's attention because people are always curious about what they saw when its meaning is not so obvious to see. In this way, if an original Japanese word can be written in Katakana, at first glance, people may think it was a foreign word, in that way, the using of katakana can make the word appear exotic, and after they realize what the word means, some of them may probably think of the difference between the real thing represented by the Katakana word and the same thing represented by traditional ways.
In similar situation, as lots of new technological terms have been introduced to people by using Katakana, so when someone often use katakana to describe things, it seems that that person know foreign languages. And as we know, lots of loanword are not of Japanese origin, so the meaning of those words are unknown to people unless they learned. So in those senses, we people use such kinds of Katakana words, it will make them appear more knowledgeable and educated, thus creating an academic impression on others.
3. Think about why each textbook is different in explaining katakana, and why the textbooks explained katakana in the manners that they did.
A: I think the using of katakana has been quite diverse and complicated. It seems to follow certain rules, however in many cases it also can be an individual thing. Therefore on text books, we can see though the general directions of explaining the usage of katakana are universal, there are always variations among them. Because the using of katakana is really flexible and it is getting more and more popular in modern Japan. As a result, the enhancement of variations of using katakana is inevitable and its application will be far less possible to be enclosed within certain rules.
This article was written based on personal opinions, if there is any incorrect information, please point it out, thank you!
2010年11月17日星期三
私のカタカナ文学作品
そのコナン君(くん) the one called Conan
十年(じゅうねん)を過(す)ごした 10 years passed (15 years actually)
まだ子供(こども) still a child
ケロロ君(くん)は Keroro is
おかしいですが funny, but
インベーターです an invader
ドラえもんは Doraemon is
友達(ともだち)じゃない not a friend of mine
残念(ざんねん)ですね what a pity
2010年11月15日星期一
作文II
山田さんへ
こんにちは、山田(やまだ)さん。私(わたし)の名前は王立君(Wang, Lijun)です、日本語(にほんご)の名前(なまえ)は神宗智也(Jin, Sotomoya)です。中国(ちゅうごく)から来(き)ました、今(いま)はコロンビア大学(だいがく)の学生(がくせい)です。趣味(しゅみ)はサッカーと剣道(けんどう)です。だから、この秋(あき)、大学(だいがく)の剣道部(けんどうぶ)に参加(さんか)しました。日本(にほん)の文化(ぶんか)と歴史(れきし)が好(す)きですから、日本語(にほんご)を勉強(べんきょう)します。アメリカの大学(だいがく)の生活(せいがつ)は忙(いそが)しいですが、とてもおもしろいです。私(わたし)は毎日(まいにち)午後(ごご)１時(じ)から午前(ごぜん)８時(じ)勉強(べんきょう)します。週末(しゅうまつ)に友達(ともだち)と休(や)すみます。私(わたし)は６月１日に日本(にほん)へ行(い)きます。その時(とき)から、どうぞ、よろしくお願(ね)いします。じゃ、まだ。
１１月３日 王立君
こんにちは、山田(やまだ)さん。私(わたし)の名前は王立君(Wang, Lijun)です、日本語(にほんご)の名前(なまえ)は神宗智也(Jin, Sotomoya)です。中国(ちゅうごく)から来(き)ました、今(いま)はコロンビア大学(だいがく)の学生(がくせい)です。趣味(しゅみ)はサッカーと剣道(けんどう)です。だから、この秋(あき)、大学(だいがく)の剣道部(けんどうぶ)に参加(さんか)しました。日本(にほん)の文化(ぶんか)と歴史(れきし)が好(す)きですから、日本語(にほんご)を勉強(べんきょう)します。アメリカの大学(だいがく)の生活(せいがつ)は忙(いそが)しいですが、とてもおもしろいです。私(わたし)は毎日(まいにち)午後(ごご)１時(じ)から午前(ごぜん)８時(じ)勉強(べんきょう)します。週末(しゅうまつ)に友達(ともだち)と休(や)すみます。私(わたし)は６月１日に日本(にほん)へ行(い)きます。その時(とき)から、どうぞ、よろしくお願(ね)いします。じゃ、まだ。
１１月３日 王立君
2010年11月5日星期五
~katakana analysis draft~
1.Choose at least 2 katakana words/expressions that you found and think about what kinds of effects / purposes there may be in these words/expressions writing in katakana instead of hiragana or kanji.
A: The frist word I found is インターネット, which is the loanword for internet in Japanese. Unlike some other technical or scientific terms which can be written in Kanji in Japanese, インターネット only has the katakana form. I think the reason for that is to clarify the foreign origin of this term and to formalize its reading in Japanese.
The next word I found is ピンポン, which is the onomatopoeia for the sound of doorbell in Japanese. I think the reason for writing it in Katakana is to differentiate it from hiragana and thus avoiding confusion when they are used together in the same sentence.
And the reason for both of the words not applying Kanji form I think is because the Kanji form of those words doesn't convey meanings as conspicuous or understandable as other terms may do when be transcribed, so adding those void kanji for those terms would be of no difference with setting hindrance for communication.
2. Also, think why there are such effects/purposes.
A: First, As we all know that lots of kanji in Japanese have different readings, therefore if kanji is used instead of katakana in those cases, people should know their readings first; otherwise, if people are not sure about their readings or misrepresent them with other readings, confusion will be created and limitation of using those terms can be caused. Also, the kanji for those two words in Chinese are meaningless, or in other words they are merely onomatopoeia; hence, introducing those additional kanji to Japanese people is equivalent to set unnecessary burden on communication and study to them.
Second, as we know hiragana alone is usually used as parts of speech that other than nouns or adjectives. That is because putting together clusters of hiragana can be so confusing and so hard to read. So people used katakana or kanji to distinguish some words from hiragana. And when, by using kanji, the meanings of some words are not easy to grasp, or their readings are not obvious to tell to people, katakana will be used instead of kanji to ease communication and understanding and avoid redundancy of applying meaningless kanji.
Third, as a tool to express loanword, katakana can appear exotic when they are used especially instead of kanji; that's why lots of Japanese company write their names in katakana. Moreover, if you go to Japan, you may find lots of food names and product names are written in katakana instead of kanji or hiragana, that's because katakana can make them appear more exotic and attractive to customers and thus stimulating their consumption on these food or products.
Forth, also as a tool to express loanword particularly foreign concepts, katakana has more academic impression on people. Hence, using katakana sometimes can make a person appear more knowledgeable and educated, and make a term appear more academic. And that's another reason for katakana's popularity and wide using in modern Japan.
3. Think about why each textbook is different in explaining katakana, and why the textbooks explained katakana in the manners that they did.
A: I think the using of katakana has been quite diverse and complicated. It seems to follow certain rules, however in many cases it also can be an individual thing. Therefore on text books, we can see though the general directions of explaining the usage of katakana are universal, there are always variations among them. Because the using of katakana is really flexible and it is getting more and more popular in modern Japan. As a result, the enhancement of variations of using katakana is inevitable and its application will be far less possible to be enclosed within certain rules.
A: The frist word I found is インターネット, which is the loanword for internet in Japanese. Unlike some other technical or scientific terms which can be written in Kanji in Japanese, インターネット only has the katakana form. I think the reason for that is to clarify the foreign origin of this term and to formalize its reading in Japanese.
The next word I found is ピンポン, which is the onomatopoeia for the sound of doorbell in Japanese. I think the reason for writing it in Katakana is to differentiate it from hiragana and thus avoiding confusion when they are used together in the same sentence.
And the reason for both of the words not applying Kanji form I think is because the Kanji form of those words doesn't convey meanings as conspicuous or understandable as other terms may do when be transcribed, so adding those void kanji for those terms would be of no difference with setting hindrance for communication.
2. Also, think why there are such effects/purposes.
A: First, As we all know that lots of kanji in Japanese have different readings, therefore if kanji is used instead of katakana in those cases, people should know their readings first; otherwise, if people are not sure about their readings or misrepresent them with other readings, confusion will be created and limitation of using those terms can be caused. Also, the kanji for those two words in Chinese are meaningless, or in other words they are merely onomatopoeia; hence, introducing those additional kanji to Japanese people is equivalent to set unnecessary burden on communication and study to them.
Second, as we know hiragana alone is usually used as parts of speech that other than nouns or adjectives. That is because putting together clusters of hiragana can be so confusing and so hard to read. So people used katakana or kanji to distinguish some words from hiragana. And when, by using kanji, the meanings of some words are not easy to grasp, or their readings are not obvious to tell to people, katakana will be used instead of kanji to ease communication and understanding and avoid redundancy of applying meaningless kanji.
Third, as a tool to express loanword, katakana can appear exotic when they are used especially instead of kanji; that's why lots of Japanese company write their names in katakana. Moreover, if you go to Japan, you may find lots of food names and product names are written in katakana instead of kanji or hiragana, that's because katakana can make them appear more exotic and attractive to customers and thus stimulating their consumption on these food or products.
Forth, also as a tool to express loanword particularly foreign concepts, katakana has more academic impression on people. Hence, using katakana sometimes can make a person appear more knowledgeable and educated, and make a term appear more academic. And that's another reason for katakana's popularity and wide using in modern Japan.
3. Think about why each textbook is different in explaining katakana, and why the textbooks explained katakana in the manners that they did.
A: I think the using of katakana has been quite diverse and complicated. It seems to follow certain rules, however in many cases it also can be an individual thing. Therefore on text books, we can see though the general directions of explaining the usage of katakana are universal, there are always variations among them. Because the using of katakana is really flexible and it is getting more and more popular in modern Japan. As a result, the enhancement of variations of using katakana is inevitable and its application will be far less possible to be enclosed within certain rules.
2010年10月13日星期三
先週の週末
先週の週末に私は友達とニュージャージー (New Jersey) のマウンテンクリークリゾート (Mountain Creek Resort) へ行きました。秋のそこの景色はとても美しいです。私達は金曜日の午後にそこへ行きました、土曜日の午後に学校へ帰りました。そこで多くのゲーマをしました、ハイキング (hiking) に行きってきました、多くの歌 (song) を歌った。皆さんと楽しい時間を過ごした。良い週末ですね。
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Word for word translation:
Last weekend my friends and I went to the Mountain Creek Resort in New Jersey. The scenery there in autumn was very beautiful. We went there on Friday night and came back to school on Saturday night. We played lots of games, went hiking and sang lots of songs there. Everybody had a good time. It was a nice weekend.
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Word for word translation:
Last weekend my friends and I went to the Mountain Creek Resort in New Jersey. The scenery there in autumn was very beautiful. We went there on Friday night and came back to school on Saturday night. We played lots of games, went hiking and sang lots of songs there. Everybody had a good time. It was a nice weekend.
2010年9月29日星期三
私の好きなアニメ
ケロロ軍曹は私の好きなアニメです、とても面白いです！
これはこのアニメの最初のエピソードすで、皆さん、どうぞ見てください！
Keroro gunso is one of my favorite Japanese anime, I like it simply because it is so funny and everybody can watch it...Also, this anime does not have strong continuity between episodes, so you don't need to watch it everyday to catch up with the storyline...You can just watch it when you want to relax and have fun! I hope you all can enjoy it...
これはこのアニメの最初のエピソードすで、皆さん、どうぞ見てください！
Keroro gunso is one of my favorite Japanese anime, I like it simply because it is so funny and everybody can watch it...Also, this anime does not have strong continuity between episodes, so you don't need to watch it everyday to catch up with the storyline...You can just watch it when you want to relax and have fun! I hope you all can enjoy it...
2010年9月17日星期五
那个中文版什么的……
嗯嗯……那个什么……既然很多人都用了native language……那我也还是用一下中文吧……其实该讲的我也都在英文版里讲了……这里也就不必再作过多介绍了……简单地说就是本人对中日间的文化与历史有着比较深入的了解……日语的基础也是有一些……尤其是在汉字的读音上……平时也会看看动漫、日剧什么的……但最近是越来越来忙估计也就没时间像以前那么投入了……在CU选日语是因为自己很早以前就想到日本去当交流生玩玩……加上自己以前又做过中美交换生……所以对于这种类似的经历就更是情有独钟了……最后……如有同在CU学日语的朋友……还请大家相互间多多帮助、多多关照了……
~Something about me~
Hi, everybody! My name is Lijun Wang, and my Japanese name is Sotomoya Jin. I'm an international student from China and currently a freshman at CU. I'm very happy to be your classmate this semester and look forward to making good friends with you all.
On studying Japanese, I think it is not that hard for me at this beginning stage, because I had some basis in Japanese before, and all the Kanji that we have to learn are basically Chinese characters, so right now I feel it's quite easy for me, however, Japanese is famous for its complicated grammar and structure on high level, so I think we all will have a hard time when we are trying to reach that level and fluency.
About my hobbies, actually many of them are related to Japan. For example, I like to watch Anime, read Manga and watch some Japanese TV dramas and shows, and especially the Taika Drama, which is a series of Japanese history dramas that shows on NHK every year, and each year they will choose a (different) famous historical person to talk about. I love this series of dramas, and I think if you're a samurai or kendo fan, you should not miss it; also, if you watch it, in the meantime, you can also learn a lot on Japanese history, which I think is far more interesting than that of the US. Moreover, something else that I like about Japan are Kendo, Chado, Sumo, Sushi and Jpop. I can sing many songs in Japanese, but I'm a horrible singer, so I rarely sing in public.
Also, I am a big soccer fan and I follow the national team of China, Japan and the US. My favorite player in the past is Hidetoshi Nakata, but right now is Keisuke Honda. I love playing Japanese video games, especially the strategy games made by Koei. I play them a lot in my spare time and really enjoy them. So if you are interested in those games, I can share them with you, and a good thing is that they are all in Japanese (or Chinese), so you can actually learn things while you're playing. But just don't get addicted to them, though some of them are quite addictive (to me). In addition, I know some Chinese websites that provide free Japanese Manga, Anime, TV shows downloading and watching, and there're also tons of great Japanese study materials, so if you're interested, I can share them with you!
Here I think I got enough things to say about myself and I think you guys will get to know me better in and outside of our class. So from now on, let's begin communicating! (in Japanese hopefully ^ ^)
On studying Japanese, I think it is not that hard for me at this beginning stage, because I had some basis in Japanese before, and all the Kanji that we have to learn are basically Chinese characters, so right now I feel it's quite easy for me, however, Japanese is famous for its complicated grammar and structure on high level, so I think we all will have a hard time when we are trying to reach that level and fluency.
About my hobbies, actually many of them are related to Japan. For example, I like to watch Anime, read Manga and watch some Japanese TV dramas and shows, and especially the Taika Drama, which is a series of Japanese history dramas that shows on NHK every year, and each year they will choose a (different) famous historical person to talk about. I love this series of dramas, and I think if you're a samurai or kendo fan, you should not miss it; also, if you watch it, in the meantime, you can also learn a lot on Japanese history, which I think is far more interesting than that of the US. Moreover, something else that I like about Japan are Kendo, Chado, Sumo, Sushi and Jpop. I can sing many songs in Japanese, but I'm a horrible singer, so I rarely sing in public.
Also, I am a big soccer fan and I follow the national team of China, Japan and the US. My favorite player in the past is Hidetoshi Nakata, but right now is Keisuke Honda. I love playing Japanese video games, especially the strategy games made by Koei. I play them a lot in my spare time and really enjoy them. So if you are interested in those games, I can share them with you, and a good thing is that they are all in Japanese (or Chinese), so you can actually learn things while you're playing. But just don't get addicted to them, though some of them are quite addictive (to me). In addition, I know some Chinese websites that provide free Japanese Manga, Anime, TV shows downloading and watching, and there're also tons of great Japanese study materials, so if you're interested, I can share them with you!
Here I think I got enough things to say about myself and I think you guys will get to know me better in and outside of our class. So from now on, let's begin communicating! (in Japanese hopefully ^ ^)
2010年9月16日星期四
～みんなさんこんにちは～＾＾
皆さん、始めまして！私の名前は王立君（ワンリジュン）です、日本語の名前は神宗智也（じんそともや）です。私は中国から来ました、今年は二十歳です、コロンビア大学の一年生です。これから、どうぞよろしくお願いします＾＾！
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